[plug] Beastie Linux Server ...

[Bret Busby]

Trevor Phillips wrote:
> 
> Leon Brooks wrote:
> >
> > > We are looking at a SMP solution (Dual PIII's most likely), with Hardware RAID
> > > .. Our Hardware/sysadmin guy is currently researching RAID cards (UDMA66, etc
> > > ..)
> >
> > Yeah? And just how many hits a day does the existing server cop?
> 
> Why do you ask? If you're wondering if we need the grunt, trust me, we do.
> This Intel solution is an alternative, as we're unlikely to get the Two Sun
> E250's we want, due to budget problems. $10k for two Intel boxes is cheaper
> than the minimum $80k for the two Suns...
> 
> We average around the 100000 hits/week mark, and our current server is coping,
> but:
>   - We are moving towards dynamic content, which needs CPU grunt
>   - Amount of resources handled by the server is increasing
>   - Under PEAK load (eg; can we say Exam Results?) the current machine dies on
> its ass
> 
I realise that this will probably cause some unflattering responses, but what
about the new mac thing that has been released; the G4 thing that mac is making
such a big thing of as a supercomputer that costs less than $10,000?